Design of intermittent continuous measurement of radon concentration in water

Tao Hu; Shuai Yuan; Yixiang Mo; Fen Lin; Zhongkai Fan; Shuaibin Liu; Ruomei Xie; Haibo Yi; Huiying Li; Zhipeng Liu; Jiale Sun; Jiulin Wu; Linquan Chen; Luwei Wang; Hongzhi Yuan; Yanliang Tan

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110894

Design of intermittent continuous measurement of radon concentration in water

Appl Radiat Isot. 2023 Sep:199:110894. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110894. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

Authors

Tao Hu¹, Shuai Yuan¹, Yixiang Mo¹, Fen Lin¹, Zhongkai Fan², Shuaibin Liu¹, Ruomei Xie¹, Haibo Yi¹, Huiying Li¹, Zhipeng Liu¹, Jiale Sun¹, Jiulin Wu¹, Linquan Chen¹, Luwei Wang¹, Hongzhi Yuan¹, Yanliang Tan³

Affiliations

¹ College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, Hunan Province, 421008, China.
² School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan Province, 421001, China.
³ College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, Hunan Province, 421008, China. Electronic address: hytyl@163.com.

PMID: 37302298
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110894

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the maximum contaminant level limit for radon concentration in drinking water as 11.1 Bq L^-1. A new device based on the bubbling method with a 290 mL sample bottle was designed for intermittent continuous measurement of water radon concentration. A STM32 is used to control the switch of the water pump and the valves. The Water-Radon-Measurement software written in C# is to connect RAD7 and calculate the water radon concentration automatically.

Keywords: Bubbling method; Intermittent continuous measurement; RAD7; Water radon concentration.